lindsay butterfield gave this 12 other officers have been injured.— been injured.dogs suffered minor _ been injured. our police dogs suffered minor injuries - been injured. our police dogs suffered minor injuries after. been injured. our police dogs| suffered minor injuries after a cells were lunged at them and horses had bricks, eggs and bottle thrown at their heads. they were spat at and threats made to cut the saddles in an temp two injure the riders. so far we have had six arrests, one in sheffield and five in rotherham, with one person already charged and before the court this morning. please be assured we expect this number to increase significantly over the coming days. it began yesterday around 11:30am when a group of 250 arrived in the manvers area. a further group of around 500 people arrived shortly after who we believe held far right and anti—immigration views. at the same time a large crowd began to gather in sheffield city centre, diverting a number of force resources. it was at this point we began to see an escalation in violence. hotel windows were

speaking of the violence that happened yesterday, south yorkshire police assistant chief constable lindsay butterfieldre was a particularly sickening moment when a wheelie bin was pushed against the hotel and set on fire with clear intent to cause serious harm to the residents and staff. it was known there were people residing and working in the hotel, but the mindless individuals responsible had absolutely no regard for their safety, she said. it was ultimately a disgusting display of thuggery , disgusting display of thuggery, continuing well into the evening with the police operation only finishing at about 5 am. now we know that police all around from these riots that have been going on since tuesday, so six days into this now are clamping down hard on the people that don't go to peacefully protest, but that turn out to cause violence and disorder. with this cobra meeting that we've had this morning, and also keir starmer giving two press conferences in which he's saying that police will come down with the full force of the law to those that are caught breaking it. force of the law to those that ar